Libyan MP Siham Sirgiwa

Libya to remove oil and food subsidies

Oil minister Al Arusi has announced that they will be joining the campaign against the sensitive fuel market reforms and will also be scrubbing off oil subsidies, which take more than 10% of the budget, before the end of 2016. The decision to remove fuel subsidies on all types of fuel is blamed on smuggling […]

Swedish Azelio Partners with Morocco’s MASEN to Build Full-Scale Verification Project

The Private Swedish company Azelio, which specializes in Sterling-based energy solutions, announced that together with its strategic partner, Morocco’s Agency for Sustainable Energy, Masen, it will build in Morocco a full-scale verification project by the end of the year. Part of its global expansion, the company said it is opening an office in Morocco to […]

Poverty, Inequality and Safety Nets in the MENA Region

By international standards, extreme poverty or destitution is relatively low in the countries of North Africa. According to the World Bank, the number of those living below 2 USD a day was 13.9 percent in 2008, which would make the region of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) the fourth poorest region in the world […]